Shoulder strap pad



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Patented May 12, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structuralrenements in pads for shoulder straps, and the principal object of theinvention is to provide a. device of the character herein described,such as may be conveniently and effectively employed with shoulderstraps of slips, girdles, brassieres, and other similar garments, forthe purpose of safeguarding against abrasion of skin resulting frompressure which the usual, narrow, unpadded conventional straps exert.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity ofconstruction, in the comfort resulting from its use, in itsinconspicuous nature, in its adaptability to expeditious installation orremoval, and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in View and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specicationproceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a garment on the person ofa user, the shoulder straps of the garment being equipped with theinvention;

Figure 2 is a perspective View of a base member plate and keeper prongsused in the invention;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken substantially in theplane of the line 3 3 in Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional YView, taken substantially in theplane of the line 4-4 in Figure 3.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionconsists of a shoulder strap pad which is designated generally by thereference character IIJ and embodies in its construction an elongatedbase member I2 of flexible material, which is adapted to be positionedlongitudinally under a shoulder strap I4, the base I2 being provided atits longitudinal edges with upturned flanges I6 so as to afford agroove, so to speak, in which the shoulder strap is positioned.

The base member I2 is preferably constructed from a flexible metallicplate I8 which is fully enclosed by a jacket 29 of satin or otherfabric, while a liner of relatively soft, plushy material 22 is providedon the jacket at the underside and longitudinal edges of the plate I8,as is best shown in Figure 4.

Opposite end portions of the base member plate IB are provided withupwardly struck regions 24 which define transversely elongated, openended keeper seats at the underside of the plate, while bendable rods 28have intermediate portions 30 thereof positioned in the seats 26 andhave end portions dening pairs of prongs 32. These prongs project fromthe open ends of the seats 26 above the base member I2 and are bent inoverlapping relation over the jacket covered regions 24 and over theshoulder strap I4 as shown in Figure 1, whereby to sustain the entirepad in postion.

The prongs 32 terminate at their free end in spherical extremities 34whereby the prongs are prevented from catching7 and tearing the shoulderstraps. The straps "may be slid alternately under rst one prong and thenthe second prong to expedite either the removal of the pad or theinsertion of the pad, without necessitating a rebending of the prongsafter the latter are once bent into position.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention Will beclearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, furtherdescription thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A shoulder strap pad comprising an elongated base member of flexiblematerial adapted to be positioned under a shoulder strap and having endportions provided with upwardly struck regions extending transversely ofthe base member between points spaced inwardly from side edges of themember whereby to provide transversely elongated and open-ended keeperseats at the underside of the base member, and bendable rods havingintermediate portions thereof positioned in said seats, end portions ofsaid rods projecting from the open ends of the seats above said basemember and constituting shoulder strap engaging prongs.

LEWIS J. NELSON.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 414,916 Nelson Nov. l2, 1889 1,631,694 Rick June 7, 19272,487,423 Cast Nov. 8, 1949 2,551,255 Engel May 1, 1951

